Healing Your Inner Child: A Gift to Yourself and the Next Generation

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One of the most powerful acts of self-love and growth is healing your inner child. Not only does this work benefit your own emotional well-being, but it also transforms the way you parent, love, and connect with others—especially your own children. You may be surprised by how many of your day-to-day reactions stem from an …

Understanding the Difference Between PTSD and C-PTSD

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When we hear the term PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), many of us think of combat veterans, survivors of natural disasters, or people who’ve endured single traumatic events. However, there is another related and often misunderstood condition called C-PTSD (Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). While both involve trauma and can deeply affect a person’s mental health, they …

Why It Feels Impossible to Find a Healthy Relationship After Complex PTSD

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For those living with Complex PTSD (C-PTSD), the idea of finding a healthy, loving relationship can feel like chasing a mirage—always visible in the distance, never within reach. While the desire for connection runs deep, the path to intimacy is often obstructed by invisible scars, unhealed wounds, and deeply ingrained survival patterns. C-PTSD often stems …

How Is Your Attachment Style Affecting Your Relationship?

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According to most psychological estimates, around 90-95% of our mental activity is considered subconscious, meaning only a small percentage (5-10%) is consciously accessible. Most of our daily decisions, habits, feelings, emotions and behaviours are driven by our subconscious mind. The subconscious stores a vast amount of information, including memories, beliefs, and learned patterns.  Which is …

Are You Fantasy Bonded? (Loving Someone For Their Potential And Not Their Reality)

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As children, we are dependent on our caregivers. For food, love, safety, warmth and more. We learn to adapt our innate behaviour, in order to ensure our survival. One of the first ways that we adapt during times when we are hurting or lonely is to form an imagination that we are safe, and loved. …